CineMart

CineMart is known for its highly curated editorial line of distinct projects in story and form. We present projects by independent directors and producers, ensuring there is a wide variety by presenting smaller, more vulnerable work alongside films by established teams with higher budgets. The CineMart selection reflects the overall editorial line of the programme of IFFR.

The full selection should form a balance of distinct voices where each project can uniquely shine, featuring different subjects and cinematic styles, with debut features to established filmmakers, from fiction to hybrid and experimental works, in a balance of gender and representation (of everyone in the project involved). In 2024, the lineup included stop-motion animation, a biopic, thrillers, car chases and immersive media.

Immersive media projects are a fully integrated part of the market and up to four titles will be presented at the 42nd edition of CineMart in 2025.

To enter an immersive project for consideration at CineMart please submit it to IMPULSE Content. This programme facilitates matchmaking to support immersive media projects reaching their next steps and is a joint partnership of XR4Europe, VRDays Immersive Tech Week, IFFR Pro and Stereopsia.

The deadline for the IMPULSE Content Call is 13 September 2024.

Selected projects work together with experienced experts – who have the role as mentors throughout – to assess what the project precisely needs, so we can provide tailored support to get the most out of the market experience. Guests and projects alike can indicate with who they want to meet, and whether you join us as a project team or guest, you will be provided with a tailored schedule. Our aim is to have a strong focus on finding the right creative and financial partners and fostering lasting connections.

CineMart is a by-invitation-only market. We carefully review the guestlist each year in order to ensure that the attending industry representatives can contribute and possibly commit to the projects in the CineMart selection. CineMart delegates are co-producers, sales agents, distributors, broadcasters and potential financiers. CineMart badge holders can request meetings with all presented projects.

Alumbre, dir. Alejandro Telémaco Tarraf, Spain
Produced by: Zeitun Films

Another Journey without Women, dir. Illum Jacobi, Denmark
Produced by: Adomeit Film

Bad Gays, dir. Loïc Hobi, Switzerland
Produced by: Cloud Fog Haze Pictures

Cherub, dir. Barbara Rupik, Poland
Produced by: Madants

Cloud of the Unknown, dir. Yuan Gao, Hong Kong, France
Produced by: Chinese Shadows, Shasha & Co Production

Les Diplomates, dir. Andreas Fontana, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Produced by: Alina Film

A Distant House Smokes on the Horizon, dir. Shengze Zhu, China, United States
Produced by: Burn The Film

Fathoming, dir. Sara Tirelli, Italy
Produced by: dispàrte

The Great Escape (of three geraniums), dir. Joren Vandenbroucke, Belgium
Produced by: Animal Tank

La gruta del viento, dir. Eduardo Crespo, Argentina
Produced by: Pensar con las manos

Hold Time for Me, dir. Fradique, Angola, Germany, Spain
Produced by: SEERA Films, Uika Films, Migranta Films

Lucia, dir. Aisling Walsh, Ireland, Luxembourg
Produced by: EZ Films, JKML, Calach Films

The March, dir. Frieda Gustavs & Leo Erken, Netherlands, Ukraine
Produced by: NL12

La Nuit, dir. Beatrice Gibson, United Kingdom, France
Produced by: Somesuch, Norte Productions

Other People’s Dreams, dir. Daniel Hui, Singapore
Produced by: Momo Film Co, 13 Little Pictures

The Possessed, dir. Ena Sendijarević, Netherlands
Produced by: Aventura

Skarpnabba, dir. Sawandi Groskind, Finland
Produced by: Kenno Filmi Osk

The Spirit of Law, dir. Natalia Meta, Argentina
Produced by: Picnic Producciones, Rei Pictures

The Sunflowers of the Moon, dir. ismaël, Tunisia
Produced by: Utopia Films

The World Came Flooding In, dir. Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine, Australia
Produced by: Film Camp

Read more about the selection here.

108 Days, Lucky Kuswandi, Indonesia
Produced by: Palari Films

7 P.M. on a Sunday, Sevgi Eker, Finland
Produced by: Helsinki-filmi Oy

Apetown, Kurt Orderson, South Africa
Produced by: Apetown Productions, BuMP Films, Azania Rizing Productions, seriousFilm

Boifriend, Jack Goessens, United Kingdom
Produced by: Bombito Productions

The Burning Giants, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand
Produced by: Diversion

Brace Yourself, Thati Pele, South Africa, Netherlands
Produced by: URUCU, BALDR Film

Cerro Corá, Francisco Márquez, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
Produced by: Pensar con las manos, Tekoha, Terceira Margem, Multiverso

Consider Vera, Marina Stepanska, Ukraine
Produced by: ESSE Production House

Eldorado, Alaa Eddine Aljem, Morocco, France
Produced by: Le Moindre Geste, In Vivo Films

Eyes Closed, Jenneke Boeijink, Netherlands
Produced by: BIND

Grushka, Marta Parlatore, Netherlands, Belgium
Produced by: Volya Films, A Private View

Las tierras que te buscan, Juanita Onzaga, Colombia
Produced by: Marginal Cine

Little War, Barbara Sarasola-Day, Argentina
Produced by: Pucará Cine

The Poison Cat, Tian Guan, China
Produced by: Beijing Guanyu Film

Redoubt, John Skoog, Sweden
Produced by: Plattform Produktion, BCD Film

Remanso, Pablo Lamar, Paraguay, Brazil, Netherlands, Argentina
Produced by: Sapukai Cine, Sabaté Films, Sancho Filmes, Revolver Amsterdam, Fortuna Films, Tarea Fina.

Słońce, Anna Zamecka, Poland
Produced by: Madants

The Surrogate, Ali Jaberansari, Mexico, United Kingdom
Produced by: The Lift, Here & There Productions

Testa o Croce?, Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, Italy, France
Produced by: Ring Film, Shellac Sud

When the Kids Sing the Hits, Mina Djukic, Serbia, Montenegro
Produced by: Sense Production, Adriatic Western

Immersive

369, Ananda Safo, France
Produced by: TEN2TEN Films

Ancestors, Hanna Haaslahti, Finland, Germany
Produced by: Fantomatico, Poike Production, High Road Stories

Anti-Muse, Baloji, Belgium
Produced by: Amok, Wrong Men

Gay Simulator, Iris van der Meule, Netherlands
Produced by: Studio Biarritz

The Mask Maker and the Tree, Abner Preis, Netherlands
Produced by: Institute of Time

Read more about the selection here.

The Beautiful Normal, Flora Lau, Hong Kong/China

Black Dust, Kit Hui, United Kingdom

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, Elene Naveriani, Switzerland/Georgia/Germany

Carissa, Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar, South Africa/Netherlands

Deaf Love 1500, Grace Passô , Brazil

Leave the Door Open, Judita Gamulin, Croatia

Life Ahead, Olivier Meys, Belgium/France

Love #NoFilter, Mikael Bundsen, Sweden

Love on Trial, Koji Fukada, Japan/France

Mother of Gold, Madiano Marcheti, Brazil

The Outside, Víctor Moreno, Spain

Prince Aden, Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio, Italy

Solo tengo sed, Matt Porterfield, Mexico

Sorella di Clausura, Ivana Mladenovic, Serbia/Romania

Tres noches negras, Théo Court, Chile/Spain

The Yellow Dot, David Tancred Lammers, Netherlands

Immersive

Alternates (Bergantian), Jonathan Hagard, Indonesia/Japan/Germany

Confident, Jérôme Blanquet, Bertrand Jeandel, France

Duchampiana VR, Lilian Hess, France/Germany

Echo Blast, Natalia Cabrera, Chile

Future Rites, Sandra Rodriguez, Alexander Whitley, Canada/UK

BoostNL

Becoming Dubois, Joost van Hezik, Netherlands

Canciones perdidas de reinos distantes, Kiro Russo, Bolivia/France

A Chronicle From Nagorno-Karabakh, Ibrahim Kataray, Netherlands

Flat Girls, Jirassaya Wongsutin, Thailand/Singapore

Nightsong, Maya Da-Rin, Brazil

The Right Answer, Mariia Ponomarova, Netherlands

A Winner is Seen At The Start, Zhannat Alshanova, Kazakhstan/France